Photography — 1953-12
Gulliver's Travels window display, Christmas 1953
Potential customers looking at the Christmas window display at Selfridges in December 1953. A mannequin cast as Gulliver is used to advertise the third floor toy department and entice customers into the store. The mannequin was automated and his hand and head moved. Selfridges has become synonymous with exciting and innovative window displays.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG1471/30
- Object name:
- Gulliver's Travels window display, Christmas 1953
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- 1953-12
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
London Museum
- Image credit:
© Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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